Tsukumogami Kashimasu

Introduction

The siblings Seiji and Okou are the owners of Izumoya, a rental shop in Nakacho, Fukugawa in Edo. The rental shop rents from daily necessities and antiques to art objects. However, the handling tools in this Izumoya are slightly different from other shops. Among the items available to rent are Japanese spirits called ‘tsukumogami’, which are things which become sentient after 100 years of use. These spirits are lent to customers, listen to their stories and when they come back, they spread rumors. The kind and compassionate Okou and Seiji are solving small and big problems with the help of the tsukumogami.

Adaptation

The series is based on a Japanese novel written by Megumi Hatakenaka. It was published in 2007 and received a sequel in 2013.

Color Setting

Director of Photography

Sound Director

Music

Production

Animation Production

Cast

Seiji

Okou

Mikako Komatsu

Sataro

Takahiro Sakurai

Notetsu

Toru Nara

Tsukuyomi

Yutaka Nakano

Goi

Daisuke Hirakawa

Ohime

Satomi Akesaka

Usagi

Yuka Iguchi

Narrator

Ainosuke Kataoka

Characters

Seiji

Voiced by: Junya Enoki

He works with his older sister Okou at the rental shop. He is very kind and is smart, so the people in town like to dote on him. However, he is also easy to be pushed around and can be too kind so that products of the store, the tsukumogami, tease him. He also is very concerned about his sister Okou, with who he isn’t related by blood…

Okou

Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu

With her younger brother Seiji she works at the rental shop and is so cute, she draws in the customers. With her beautiful appearance and her good and cheerful character she is popular with people regardless their age and gender. She tends to be really strict with her younger brother. But she trust him completely and her heart can’t hold a grudge against him for long.

Sataro

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai

He is a famous merchant and young owner of his own store. He is very elegant and good-looking, has always had an eye out for Okou and went as far as courting her but one day he suddenly disappeared.